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More from Alexis (16 quotes) →Other sayings from Alexis
- “ἅπαντα τὰ ζητούμεν᾿ ἐξευρίσκεται,ἂν μὴ προαποστῇς μηδὲ τὸν πόνον φύγῃς.ὅπου γὰρ εὑρήκασιν ἄνθρωποί τινεςμέρος…”Alexis
- “τοιοῦτο τὸ ζῆν ἐστιν ὥσπερ οἱ κύβοι·οὐ ταὔτ᾿ ἀεὶ πίπτουσιν, οὐδὲ τῷ βίῳταὐτὸν διαμένει σχῆμα, μεταβολὰς δ᾿ ἔχ…”Alexis
- “ὁμοιότατος ἄνθρωπος οἴνῳ τὴν φύσιντρόπον τιν᾿ ἐστί. τὸν γὰρ οἶνον τὸν νέονπολλή ᾿στ᾿ ἀνάγκη καὶ τὸν ἄνδρ᾿ ἀπο…”Alexis
- “οὐκοῦν, τὸ πολλοῖς τῶν σοφῶν εἰρημένον,τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι μὲν κράτιστόν ἐστ᾿ ἀεί,ἐπὰν γένηται δ᾿, ὡς τάχιστ᾿ ἔχει…”Alexis